ORDER XLin. LEGUMINOS.E. 287 



Gents XXXIV.— STYLOS ANTHES. Swartz. 16—10. 

 (Greek aiuloe, a style, and anthos, a flower, from the flower having a long style.) 



Calyx tubular, somewhat bilabiate, with 2 lanceolate bracts 

 at the base. Corolla inserted into the calyx; vexillum broad ; 

 keel small. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers alternately lin- 

 ear and ovate. Style short and recurved. Legume 1 — 2- 

 jointed, hooked. 



1. S. ela'tior, (Swartz.) Stem erect, pubescent on one side. Leaves 

 pinuate ; leaflets 3, lanceolate, glabrous, entire. Leaves around the 

 capitulum simple, lanceolate. Flowers in a terminal, compact capitu- 

 lum. all sterile but 2. Calyx with the upper lip 2-cleft, the lower 3- 

 cleft. Legume hooked at the summit, 1-celled. Sterile flowers, fur- 

 nished with 2 plumose, lanceolate bracts. — Yellow. 2£. May — Aug. 

 Common. 10 — 15 inches. 



Genus XXXV.— CHAPMAX'XIA. T. & G. 16—10. 

 (In honor of Dr. A. "W. Chapman, Appalachicola, Florida.) 



Calyx with 2 bracteoles at the base ; tube long and slender ; 

 limb 5-toothed, the lowest tooth longest. Stamens monadel- 

 phous, alternately longer. Ovary sessile, 2 — 3 ovules. 



1. C. Flokida'xa, (T. & G.) Herbaceous plant, branched, hirsute, 

 and viscid. Leaves unequally pinnate, 2 — 3 pairs of leaflets, each ellip- 

 tical, oblong, nearly glabrous above, hairy and purplish beneath. Sti- 

 pule* small. Flowers in somewhat paniculate racemes. Calyx hispid. 

 Petals nearly equal in length. Anthers large. — Yellow. Southern 

 Florida. 2—3 feet. 



Genus XXXYL— jESCHYXOM'EXE. L. 16—10. 



(From the Greek aischuno, to be ashamed, from the apparent sensitiveness of the 

 leaves of tome of the species.) 



Calyx bilabiate ; the upper lip bifid, the lower 3-cleft, Co- 

 rolla inserted into the base of the calyx ; vexillum nearly 

 round; wings oblong; keel cymbiform. Stamens 10, diadel- 

 phous, 5 in each division. Legume compressed, straight, gene- 

 rally composed of many 1 -seeded joints ; joints truncate, easily 

 separated. Seeds compressed. Leaves unequally pinnate. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes. Annual plants. 



1. AZ. his'pida, (TYilld.) Stern erect, hispid, tubercled. Leaves in 

 many pairs with hispid petioles; leaflets linear, obtuse; stipules sub- 

 sagittate, ovate. Flower; in simple racemes. Calyx bilabiate, deeply 

 divided, the upper lip bifid, the lower trifid. Corolla much larger 

 than the calyx, showy. Legume very hispid, 6 — 10-jointed. — Yellow, 

 tinged with red. ©. Aug. Along rivers. 2 — 3 feet 



M. viscio'li.a, (Mich.) Stem prostrate, viscidly pubescent, slender, 

 rally 7 — 9, obovate, oblique, lanceolate Pedun- 

 cle* generally 2-flowered; bracts like the stipules. Calyx almost 

 equally 5 cleft. Lomentum with 2 joints, hispid. 



